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The result was Withdrawn Looks like it's improved enough. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 00:59, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Took the soup
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Dicdef. Tagged as A1 but I think there's enough context. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 19:44, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Actually, the proper name of the subject, for which a quick Google Books search will garner you copious sources, is souperism. Naming the article on this subject using an associated phrase which isn't even a noun, is rather bizarre. Someone hasn't read our Wikipedia:Naming conventions. I suggest that you speedily rename the article, tag it for a rewrite, and add some citations as further reading. Start with these two:
- The latter has an extensive bibliography of its own, with yet more sources to look at. The practitioners, reviled by the Catholics, were called soupers, so you'll need a redirect, too.
Yes, it's ironic that souper, which actually contained a reasonable, although slightly confused on one point, start to such an article, got deleted for being a "personal attack", even though it explicitly mentioned the historical context. Uncle G (talk) 15:48, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep or Merge Subject is notable, with many reliable sources (see Google book search), but I'm wondering if it should be merged into the article on the great Irish famine. Jeremiah (talk) 19:39, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 22:43, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Anything but delete. If it's not notable enough to stand on its own, merge to Great Famine (Ireland).--Fabrictramp | talk to me 22:43, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Strong Keep. And clean-up per wp:afd - if an article can be cleaned up through regular editing it is not a good candidate for deletion. Took the soup has a few books hits, Soupers has several thousand - I'm sure some could be ghits for other items but certainly not all; and Souperism gets over 400 hits. -- Banjeboi 00:58, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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